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Coronavirus: Domestic flights suspension extended till April 14

  •   Fri, Mar 27 2020 06:32:26 PM

New Delhi, Mar 27 (IANS): Aviation regulator DGCA has extended the suspension of domestic flights by a fortnight till April 14 in view of the ongoing 21-day nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus crisis.

The Director General of Civil Aviation had earlier stopped operations of passenger flights on all domestic routes from March 25 to March 31.

"All domestic operators engage in scheduled, non-scheduled and private aircaraft operations in India shall ensure strict compliance of the order," said a DGCA circular.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a 21-day lockdown to contain the spread of the disease.

The aviation industry has been one of the major economic sectors to have been impacted due to the pandemic and there have been calls for government support to the sector.

The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country has risen to 724. Besides 640 active cases, the country has reported 17 casualties so far. As many as 66 persons have recovered.

 
  

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  • Evans C. Sumitra, Udupi/ New York, USA.

    Fri, Mar 27 2020

    My big salute to DGCA for their wise decision to suspend domestic flights till April 14. This is for all as the whole world is going through big crisis due to COVID-19. Since this deadly disease is spreading day by day and precautions in every way is the best medicine as so far there is no cure for coronavirus. Best advice is stay home and be safe. Even my plans to go back to New York with a week's stay in Dubai has been postponed but I don't regret as we have to face all circumstances. But I feel sorry that many are taking this virus very easily. God bless all and be safe.

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  • Gulshan Sheikh, Mangalore

    Fri, Mar 27 2020

    Please do not let the flight till may ,let everything be fine ,if the flights were suspended before 3 months we wouldn't have suffered so much

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